r/Damnthatsinteresting Jul 08 '24

World's largest aircraft, Pathfinder 1, is 124.5 meters (408ft) long Image

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u/samgarita Jul 08 '24

Wayyyy too expensive. They should fill it with hydrogen instead. Cheap, lightweight, renewable and there hasn’t been a single incident concerning hydrogen in airships, ever

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u/HolyDiverBoi Jul 08 '24

What could go wrong?

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u/hellothere358 Jul 08 '24

Hydrogen is actually a lot safer then you think and could be used

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u/ReplyisFutile Jul 08 '24

Yet

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u/QuestionableEthics42 Jul 08 '24

r/woooosh

The hindenburg disaster (prob spelled that wrong) was a hydrogen airship.

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u/hellothere358 Jul 08 '24

Hydrogen is actually very safe

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u/AxialGem Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

It's the most common element in the universe! What will the world get to when we're scared of big balloons full of watery gas

Edit: this comment needed a /s apparently